WiASN
Activity Report
April 2022-March 2023
FIRST ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
Directors and advisors
Directors and trustees at the time the Amy Bonsall (Chair) reporting period Eleonora Belfiore Kelly Pickard-Smith Registered office 23 Park Road West Chester CH4 8BQ Additional office address 23 Park Road West Chester CH4 8BQ Registered charity number 1192281
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Directors and trustees report.
The directors, who are also the trustees of the charity, submit their reports and accounts for the year 1 April 2022 to year ended 31 March 2023.
Objects and principal activities .
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To advance the professional education of women in academia through the creation, moderation and promotion of professional peer support networks to identify and meet through collective effort, the needs of women in academia
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To promote equality and diversity in academic professions through conducting / commissioning research for public dissemination and campaigning
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To relieve poverty of women academics facing disadvantage or discrimination through grant-giving and provision of services & access to events / facilities
Results.
The surplus for the year amounted to £102
Income £9350 (rounded up to the nearest £) Expenditure £9248 (rounded up to the nearest £)
Activity Report.
The Women in Academia Support Network (hence forth WIASN)
The WIASN Facebook group continues to grow. It now has nearly 15,000 members.
WIASN is now partnering with Royal Holloway University of London’s Gender Institute so that WIASN can have a more traditional research home with UK Higher Education.
This partnership does not compromise the independence of WIASN.
WIASN partnered with Emerald Publishing.
April 2022 – Ongoing work to put together an edited collection of experiences by WIASN (and edited by the WIASN board) about their journeys into research for a book aimed at young people for international distribution to
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disadvantaged schools globally. Boxes of 1000 books (approx.) were sent to Ireland, Australia and Kenya as well as throughout the UK including Kent, Devon and the North West of England. The production of the book was funded by a donation from Kelly Pickard-Smith. Distribution was ongoing through the latter part of 2022/early 2023.
May 2022 – Ibid
June 2022 – Ibid
July 2022 – Ibid
August 2022 – Ibid
September 2022 – ResearcHER published by Emerald 12.9.2022
October 2022 – Ongoing Development of the group and website
November 2022 – Arrangement of a book launch event for ResearcHER at RHUL for April 2023
December 2022 – Amy Bonsall drafted grants to the British Academy and AHRC to research Women’s Academic Networks.
January 2023 – Amy Bonsall drafted grants to the British Academy and AHRC to research Women’s Academic Networks.
February 2023 – Amy Bonsall submitted grants to the British Academy and AHRC to research Women’s Academic Networks.
March 2023 – Ongoing development work
Taxation status .
The company is a registered charity (CIO) and under the provisions of section 505 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 is exempt from liability to taxation.
Risk Review.
The directors of the company carry out a risk analysis for each project to be entered into by the company and update this throughout the life of each project, identifying and quantifying the level of risk exposure that the company is subject to. Strategies are implemented to mitigate identified risks and their potential impact on the company.
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Reserves policy .
The directors have forecast the level of unrestricted reserves available to the company for the foreseeable future and consider those reserves to be sufficient to enable the company to operate at the levels of activity proposed. They are currently 0 but efforts are being made to ensure an adequate and sustainable reserve.
Appointment of Trustees.
The directors of the company are the trustees of the charity for the purposes of charitable law. New directors are appointed by the board.
Amy Bonsall (Chair)
Date: December 2023
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Statement of directors’ responsibilities
Company law requires the directors to prepare accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the surplus or deficit of the company for that period. In preparing those accounts, the directors are required to:-
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select suitable accounting policies and then to apply them consistently;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting policies have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The accounts are provided in a separate Excel document
Signed on behalf of the board
Amy Bonsall
Date
December 2023
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Notes to the attached accounts as at 31[st] March 2023
1. Accounting policies.
a) Basis of preparation and format of the accounts
The accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable accounting standards in the United Kingdom and with the requirements of the Charity Commissions accounting Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP). The principal effect of the adoption of the SORP is the inclusion of the statement of financial activities. This provides an analysis of the company’s funds and resources between those for which the use of the income is restricted by the donor and those that are unrestricted. As permitted by section 226(5) of the Companies Act 1985 the statement of financial activities and income and expenditure account has not been drawn up in accordance with any of the formats laid down in that act as in the opinion of the board none are relevant to the activities of the company.
b) Going Concern
It is the policy of the board of the company to take careful account of the funding available for each event before entering into financial commitments for that event in order to ensure that the company will be able to meet its financial commitments. The board has no reason to believe that for the foreseeable future any events are likely to occur which would put achievement of this policy at risk. Therefore the board continues to adopt the going concern policy when preparing the accounts of the company.
c) Gifts in kind
The statement of financial activities includes gifts in kind as resources arising and expended when they are received by the company.
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Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2023
| Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year to | |||
| 31.3.2023 | |||
| Income | |||
| - | |||
| Donations | |||
| Amy Bonsall | |||
| University of Manchester | 300 | ||
| Emerald Publishing | 1,000 | ||
| Kelly Pickard-Smith | 8,050 |
Total Income
9,350
Expenditure
| Professional Service Fees | |
|---|---|
| Other operating costs | |
| Trustee Liability Insurance Hiscox |
- |
Website Hosting paid by KPS from her account reimbursed Oct |
198 |
| 2023 | |
| Emerald Publishing for ResearcHER book |
9,050 |
| Total Expenditure |
9,248 |
| Bank interest received |
- |
| Operating surplus/(defcit) for the period |
102 |
| In Kind Support or donated speaker fees |
| Kelly Pickard Smith for Helen Ross & Sahra Taylor |
600 |
|---|---|
| ResearcHER Editors Time and book distribution |
3,000 |
| Total in kind support |
3,600 |
| Year to | Year to | Year to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.3.2022 | 31.3.2021 | |||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| - | ||||
| 409 | ||||
| 112 | 47 | |||
| 417 | ||||
| - | ||||
| 529 | 456 |
417 409 112 47
529 456
1,000 7,200 300 300 300 8,200 900
WIASN CIO Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2023 Year to 31.3.23 Year to 31.3.22 Current Assets Cash at bank and in hand 300 - debtors and prepayments - work in progress - Total Current Assets 300 Creditors Kelly Pickard-Smith (website 198 hosting) Net Current Assets 102 Represented by;
Unrestricted funds: surplus / (deficit)
The directors have taken advantage of the Companies Act 1985 in not having these accounts audited under section 240 A (1) and confirm that no notice has been deposited under section 249 B (2) of the Companies Act 1985. The directors acknowledge their responsibiliteis for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 221 of the Companies Act 1985 and acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the company and of its loss for the year ended 31st March 2018 in accordance with the requirements of section 226 of the Companies Act 1985 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of this act relating to accounts, so far as is applicable to this company.
Signed on behalf of the board
(CHAIR)
Amy Bonsall Date: 5th Dec 2023
WIASN CIO
Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2023
Year to Year to 31.3.23 31.3.22
restricted restricted unrestrict unrestrict funds funds ed funds ed funds
Incoming Resources
sponsorship and donations
From operating activies in furtherance of the charity's objectives:
Grants receivable
Total incoming resources
Charitable expenditure:
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300 9050 529
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9350 529
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costs in furtherance of the charity's objectives 9050
Management and administration of the charity 198 529
Total resources expended 9248
Net operating surplus / (deficit) 102 0 0
Bank interest received
Net movement in funds 0 0
Balances brought forward at 1st April
Balances carried forward at 31st March 300 0 0
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